Kener
Infrastructure
status page
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How HN took it
3 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, slick design
From 3 comments
I checked out the top level pages. Looks slick. Congrats!
mikecoles on HNThis seems very nice and clean, I like it! A tangent: This style of status page and the goal that most of these projects (like this) try to achieve is always displaying the…
cybrox on HNLooks like this works without javascript enabled. Thanks! :)
rudasn on HN
Nice to see Svelte used
From 1 comment
Nice! Love seeing Svelte getting some attention. Such a great and underutilized framework in a world run by React/Vue/Angular.
otteromkram on HN
Objections
Status pages should not be automated from metrics or include extra features like batteries
From 2 comments
In my view, a status page should have only one function: communicate to your users if your service is up, how long has it been down, and which parts are down and maybe list work…
redleader55 on HNThis is actually a fair point. The batteries in this case are nice to haves, but to be fair I personally would not be using this as infrastructure frontline status reporting..…
bilekas on HN
Daily bar shows full red for one minute of downtime
From 2 comments
There's a whole red bar when the website was down for 1 minute on a given day. I don't like it, and I wouldn't want to show that to my users. I'd suggest you make the bar 1/3600…
wscourge on HNI think it's worth deciding what you want to communicate. If it's "we have good uptime, but we may lie", then it's a green bar always. If it's "we're honest about our downtime"…
8organicbits on HN
Hosting the status page on the same infrastructure as the service defeats its purpose
From 2 comments
I might be mistaken, but I always thought that status pages are supposed to be hosted by a third party. Am I supposed to have this run on a separate (presumably) dedicated…
ahmedfromtunis on HNJust make sure to host it on some other hosting provider. If you're on AWS, use GCP or Azure, etc.. A previous DevOps team I worked with brilliantly centralized everything into…
bearjaws on HN
Name 'and batteries' is unclear
From 2 comments
What’s with “and batteries”? Doesn’t even get mentioned in the features list. Makes this feel AI generated and doesn’t clarify anything.
browningstreet on HNWhat does ‘batteries’ mean in this instance?
75w on HN
Requests
Use a gradient or step colours for downtime bars
From 3 comments
There's a whole red bar when the website was down for 1 minute on a given day. I don't like it, and I wouldn't want to show that to my users. I'd suggest you make the bar 1/3600…
wscourge on HNI think it's worth deciding what you want to communicate. If it's "we have good uptime, but we may lie", then it's a green bar always. If it's "we're honest about our downtime"…
8organicbits on HNDynamic? A 1 minute outage in the last 60 min seems more red-color-worthy than a 1 minute outage a few days ago.
Tempest1981 on HN
Explain differences from Upptime in the README
From 1 comment
This looks great! One thing I would like to see in the README is how this project differs from other popular similar projects such as "Upptime" which is already mentioned in the…
ChrisMLane on HN
Make the page work without JavaScript for day data views
From 1 comment
Looks like this works without javascript enabled. Thanks! :)
rudasn on HN
Questions
Should the status page be hosted separately from the service
From 1 comment
I might be mistaken, but I always thought that status pages are supposed to be hosted by a third party. Am I supposed to have this run on a separate (presumably) dedicated…
ahmedfromtunis on HN
What does 'batteries' mean in the title
From 1 comment
What does ‘batteries’ mean in this instance?
75w on HN
Alternatives named
Upptime
From 2 comments
I love https://github.com/upptime/upptime, you run your uptime page on github.
rustdesk on HNThis looks great! One thing I would like to see in the README is how this project differs from other popular similar projects such as "Upptime" which is already mentioned in the…
ChrisMLane on HN
Uptime Kuma
From 1 comment
For personal monitoring, I've been using Uptime Kuma (and been happy with it). Has anyone looked how these two compare?
Daviey on HN
OpenStatus
From 1 comment
This is cool! OpenStatus (https://www.openstatus.dev/) is another project thats aiming for something similar
darrenBaldwin03 on HN
Steam status page steamstat.us
From 1 comment
Completely agree. I think the unofficial Steam Status[0] by xPaw[1] is a great example. I never go to the site unless I'm having issues. Between the service stats and the page…
sibit on HN